Newberry woman found with teen charged with sex crime

A Newberry woman was arrested Friday after she was spotted engaging in a sex act with a 17-year-old boy near Waldo, according to an arrest report.

By Cindy SwirkoStaff writer

A Newberry woman was arrested Friday after she was spotted engaging in a sex act with a 17-year-old boy near Waldo, according to an arrest report.Amy Christine Curtis, 35, of 5915 N.W. 268th Terrace, was charged with one count of sexual assault by a person 24 or older on a victim age 16 or 17.The report states that Waldo Police Chief Michael Szabo spotted the couple just after 11 a.m. in a car just outside city limits at 15399 N.E. 145th Lane. Szabo contacted the Alachua County Sheriff's Office, which interviewed Curtis and the boy and then charged Curtis.Curtis and the youth have known each other for the past few years, the report states.Officers spoke with the boy's mother, who said she had discovered the two were involved in a relationship through his Myspace and e-mail accounts, according to the report. A case report for a similar incident had been filed on June 2, the arrest report stated.Curtis remained Saturday in the Alachua County jail.